JOHANNESBURG - Police have rescued three young women from Botswana who were victims of an alleged trafficking syndicate.
The women aged between 20 and 23 were rescued at OR Tambo International Airport on Friday.
Investigators say the trio had been lured via social media to lucrative jobs in Sierra Leone.
The women were traveling from Botswana via South Africa and Nairobi when they were intercepted.
The Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit led the operation.
It came after the Botswana High Commission in Pretoria alerted INTERPOL to help trace the missing women.
Authorities say investigations are continuing to identify and dismantle the trafficking network behind the scam.
SAPS Spokesperson, Lt. Col Amanda van Wyk, gives us more details.